Download Microsoft Private #Cloud Evaluation Guide #sysctr

Download here the Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation Guide

#Microsoft System Center 2012 Technical Documentation Library #sysctr #ITPRO

Microsoft Technet Library for System Center 2012

App Controller App Controller provides a unified console that helps you manage public clouds and private clouds, as well as cloud-based virtual machines and services.	Configuration Manager Configuration Manager provides a comprehensive solution for change and configuration management for the Microsoft platform. It allows you to deploy operating systems, software applications, and software updates; and to monitor and remediate computers for compliance settings. With Configuration Manager, you can also monitor hardware and software inventory, and remotely administer computers.
Data Protection Manager Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a backup and recovery solution for Microsoft workloads. DPM provides out-of-the-box protection for Files and Folders, Exchange Server, SQL Server, Virtual Machine Manager, SharePoint, Hyper-V, and client computers. For large-scale deployments, DPM also allows you to monitor your backups through a central console or remotely.	Endpoint Protection Endpoint Protection provides an antimalware and security solution for the Microsoft platform.
Operations Manager Operations Manager provides infrastructure monitoring that is flexible and cost-effective, helps ensure the predictable performance and availability of vital applications, and offers comprehensive monitoring for your datacenter and cloud, both private and public.	Orchestrator Orchestrator provides orchestration, integration, and automation of IT processes through the creation of runbooks, enabling you to define and standardize best practices and improve operational efficiency.
Service Manager Service Manager provides an integrated platform for automating and adapting your organization’s IT service management best practices, such as those found in Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). It provides built-in processes for incident and problem resolution, change control, and asset lifecycle management.	Virtual Machine Manager Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is a management solution for the virtualized datacenter, enabling you to configure and manage your virtualization host, networking, and storage resources in order to create and deploy virtual machines and services to private clouds that you have created.
Unified Installer The Unified Installer is a tool that enables a single user-interface experience for the installation of seven System Center 2012 components. The Unified Installer provides a means of distributed installation from a central point using the existing Setup program of each component.

System Center Packs

• Operations Manager Management Pack Guides
• Authoring in Operations Manager 2007 R2
• System Center Orchestrator 2012 Integration Packs
• System Center Cloud Services Process Pack

Previous System Center Products

• System Center Configuration Manager 2007
• System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
• System Center Essentials 2010
• Opalis Integration Server 6.3
• System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
• System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

Related Sites

• IT Training and Certification Resources
• System Center Downloads
• System Center Troubleshooting and Support
• System Center Community
• System Center TechCenter Home

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UPDATE : #Microsoft Integration Packs for System Center 2012 – #Orchestrator #SC2012 #SCVMM2012

System Center 2012 – Orchestrator includes over 41 built-in workflow standard activities that perform a wide variety of functions. You can expand Orchestrator’s functionality and ability to integrate with other Microsoft and third-party platforms and products by installing integration packs. Integration packs for Orchestrator contain additional activities that extend the functionality of Orchestrator.
You can download integration packs from the Microsoft Download Center. Each integration pack has a guide that provides installation instructions, describes any known issues, and includes reference information for all of the activities supported by the integration pack.
Microsoft provides integration packs for all of the System Center products, as well as other Microsoft and third party products and technologies.

UPDATE :  System Center 2012 – Orchestrator 2012 Component Add-ons and Extensions DOWNLOAD HERE

The following integration packs are available:

Active Directory Integration Pack for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

HP iLO and OA Integration Pack for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

HP Operations Manager Integration Pack for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

HP Service Manager Integration Pack for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration Pack for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

VMware vSphere Integration Pack for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

Integration Pack for System Center Configuration Manager

Integration Pack for System Center Data Protection Manager

Integration Pack for System Center Operations Manager

Integration Pack for System Center Service Manager

Integration Pack for System Center Virtual Machine Manager

System Center 2012 capabilities enabling you to deliver IT as Service

Download the Microsoft Privat Cloud Whitepaper here

#Microsoft Major announcements System Center 2012

Today during the “Private Cloud Day” live webcast event, Microsoft announced major change in how we think of and purchase the System Center suite. Summary.. it’s no longer a separate set of products, but it is just one product: System Center 2012.  Ready to try it?  http://aka.ms/syscntr

In a nutshell: System Center is now just one product, that comes in two editions, with many components. And the full-set of components come in the two product editions.

System Center 2012 Release Candidate plus optional Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 download Get started Now

Integration Pack for System Center Virtual Machine Manager #SCVMM #Automation

 

The Integration Pack for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is an add-in for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator that enables you to automate the following activities:

• Manage the self-service virtual machine library
• Create virtual machine resources such as disks, virtual hard disks (VHDs), and network adapters, as needed
• Create virtual machines from templates, VHDs, and from other virtual machines (modifying disk and network resources if needed)
• Modify existing virtual machines
• Turn on and shut down virtual machines in batch mode
• Restart virtual machines
• Move virtual machines to a new host to manage availability and performance
• Create and restore virtual machine checkpoints

System Requirements

The Integration Pack for System Center Virtual Machine Manager requires the following software to be installed and configured before you deploy the integration. For more information abouthow to install and configure the Orchestrator and the System Center Virtual Machine Manager application, see the respective product documentation.

• System Center 2012 – Orchestrator
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
• Windows Management Framework (Windows PowerShell 2.0 and WinRM 2.0)

The activities from the Virtual Machine Manager Integration Pack connect to a Virtual Machine Manager Administration Console which in turn connects to a Virtual Machine Manager server. You can install this console on the Orchestrator runbook server or connect to the Administration console on another computer. If the Orchestrator components and the Virtual Machine Manager Administration Console are installed on the same 64-bit computer, the Virtual Machine Manager server must be in the same domain to be able to connect to it.

Downloading the Integration Pack

For information about how to obtain this integration pack, see Integration Pack for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=228718).

You can find more information on this Microsoft Technet Library site

 

Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 RC and Integration Pack for AD Beta

 

Overview

The Integration Pack for Active Directory is an add-on for System Center Orchestrator 2012 that enables you to connect System Center Orchestrator to your Active Directory Server to automate its management.

Feature Summary The Integration Pack includes the following activities:

• CreateUser
• DeleteUser
• UpdateUser
• GetUser
• CreateComputer
• DeleteComputer
• UpdateComputer
• GetComputer
• CreateGroup
• UpdateGroup
• DeleteGroup
• GetGroup
• GetOU
• ResetUserPassword
• DisableUser
• EnableUser
• UnlockUser
• MoveUser
• RenameUser
• AddUserToGroup
• RemoveUserFromGroup
• AddComputerToGroup
• RemoveComputerFromGroup
• DisableComputer
• EnableComputer
• MoveComputer
• RenameComputer
• AddGroupToGroup
• RemoveGroupFromGroup
• MoveGroup

The System Center Orchestrator 2012 Release Candidate Integration Packs provides the capability to interface and control other existing System Center products through custom activities which are used to create runbooks.
System Center products supported:

• System Center 2007 Operations Manager
• System Center 2010 Service Manager
• System Center 2008 Virtual Machine Manager
• System Center 2010 Data Protection Manager
• System Center 2007 Configuration Manager

Automation begins with Microsoft System Center Orchetrator and runbooks, Powershellscripts like I mentioned earlier before in SCVMM2012 :

http://mountainss.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/microsoft-service-designer-in-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2012-create-your-own-services/

 

Here you can download Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 RC with Toolkits and integrationPacks

and

Here you can download Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 integrationPack for Active Directory Beta